Lioness has pioneering surgery to have contact lenses fitted in Italy

A lioness at a zoo in Rome, Italy, has become the first in the world to be fitted with contact lenses.

Poor cataracts were to blame for 18-month-old Elsa`s poor eyesight.

She inherited the condition at birth, but it had become increasingly severe in recent months.


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So much so that it had affected her to the extent that she was refusing to eat and had lost a serious amount of weight.

That was until she was given the lens implants.

The 42-year-old vet that treated her, Nunzio D’Anna, became so interested in the animal`s case that he treated her free-of-charge.